The full 2026 grid
Eleven teams, 22 drivers, every car mechanically identical. Here's the complete lineup:
| Team | Drivers |
|---|---|
| Invicta Racing | Rafael Câmara & Joshua Dürksen |
| Hitech | Ryo Miyata & Colton Herta |
| Campos Racing | Noel León & Nikola Tsolov |
| DAMS Lucas Oil | Dino Beganovic & Roman Bilinski |
| MP Motorsport | Gabriele Minì & Oliver Goethe |
| PREMA Racing | Sebastián Montoya & Martí Boya |
| Rodin Motorsport | Martinius Stenshorne & Alex Dunne |
| ART Grand Prix | Kush Maini & Taki Inthraphuvasak |
| AIX Racing | Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. & Christian Shields |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | Nikita Varrone & Rafael Villagómez |
| TRIDENT | Lorenzo van Hoepen & John Bennett |
Where the title fight stands
Nikola Tsolov (Campos Racing) leads the 2026 championship, with Invicta Racing's Rafael Câmara his closest challenger after a strong run of results narrowed what had been a much larger gap. Gabriele Minì (MP Motorsport) sits third. See our Formula 2 category page for the complete, current standings.
A few names worth knowing
AIX Racing's Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. carries one of the sport's most storied surnames — his grandfather won two Formula 1 World Championships in the 1970s, and Pietro Fittipaldi has raced in both F1 and IndyCar in more recent years. Colton Herta, at Hitech, arrives with an unusually deep IndyCar résumé for an F2 grid — multiple wins and poles in that series before making the move to Europe's single-seater ladder. Joshua Dürksen and Rafael Câmara, F2 teammates at Invicta Racing, have spent much of the season racing each other as closely as they've raced anyone else on the grid.
How teams actually work in a spec series
Because every team runs an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis and Mecachrome engine, an F2 team's job looks different from an F1 constructor's. There's no car to design — the competitive difference comes down to setup within a narrow allowed window, strategy calls, pit-stop execution and driver development. That's precisely why F2 exists as a proving ground: it isolates the driver and the team's operational execution from the enormous variable of chassis performance that separates F1 teams.
For the full picture of how the series works, see our complete guide to Formula 2.
Frequently asked questions
How many teams and drivers are on the 2026 F2 grid?
11 teams, 22 drivers — two per team, all running an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis and Mecachrome engine.
Who is leading the 2026 F2 championship?
Nikola Tsolov (Campos Racing) leads, with Invicta Racing's Rafael Câmara his closest challenger and Gabriele Minì (MP Motorsport) third.
Which F2 driver has a famous racing surname?
AIX Racing's Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. — his grandfather won two Formula 1 World Championships in the 1970s, and Pietro Fittipaldi has raced in both F1 and IndyCar more recently.
Does an F2 team design its own car like an F1 team?
No — every team runs an identical Dallara F2 2024 chassis and Mecachrome engine. An F2 team's competitive edge comes from setup, strategy and execution rather than car development.
Sources
Pippa has followed open-wheel racing for 12 years, from Formula 1's turbo-hybrid era to IndyCar's short ovals, and has watched competitive sim racing grow from a niche hobby into a genuine motorsport discipline in its own right. She covers circuit and open-wheel racing, touring cars and esports for CNMOTOS.
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